variant. initial supplies will be limited with pfizer expecting just over a quarter million courses in january and merck expecting around 1 million. the libraries corner way end of the street there. washington, d.c. residents lined up outside public library distributing free at home rapid covid tests ahead of the holiday weekend. similar scenes unfolded at covid screening sites around the country. in addition to testing before holiday gatherings, the cdc strongly recommends booster shots but is yet to add them to its definition of full vaccination. we are looking at the definition right now. and, you know, more to come there. but just to be very clear, our recommendations are to get boosted. california has now joined new mexico in making booster shots mandatory for healthcare workers. we recognize now that just being vaccinated, fully vaccinated is enough with this new variant and we believe it is